Opportunity Mars photo

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  1. Dad

    Dad You talkin to me?

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  2. Atomic

    Atomic Gerwaff

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    wtf is that?
     
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  3. kiljoi

    kiljoi I *am* a computer king.

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    Isn't it obvious? It's the petrified remains of an alien doughnut.
     
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  4. Dad

    Dad You talkin to me?

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    Actually, those little circles kind of look like phillips head screw heads to me..
     
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  5. kiljoi

    kiljoi I *am* a computer king.

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    But what is the ring itself?
     
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  6. Deviate

    Deviate What's a Dremel?

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    I thought the exact same thing when I saw it. Maybe Men in Black was right when they said they held the patents to a few inventions from other planets. Phillips head screws are actually a Martian technology!
     
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  7. kiljoi

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    Maybe it's from a race of robotic beings, and their doughnuts are hld together with bolts/screws?
     
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  8. Fly

    Fly inter arma silent leges

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    Obviously a giant Supermarket trolley Wheel.
     
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  9. quack

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    A piece of Beagle 2 perhaps?
     
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  10. kiljoi

    kiljoi I *am* a computer king.

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    I think this is the best theory yet! :thumb:

    "Oops, I did the calculations in feet, but I programmed the lander in meters!! Whoops!"
     
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  11. jgrade

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    Of course that would have to be a microscopic doughnut! Whatever the picture is, it's microscopic.
     
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  12. kiljoi

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    Really small robots?
     
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  13. JADS

    JADS Et arma et verba vulnerant

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    That is why we never found signs of life on Mars, martians are really really small :D
     
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  14. Dorza

    Dorza What's a Dremel?

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    Could it be a dust cover on the rover its self? If u go to the site and hover over the images it gives a breif description


    EDIT:Opps i didnt scroll down when going to the site. It gives the same description at the bottom :wallbash: :blush: :p
     
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  15. kiljoi

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    Maybe they forgot to take the lens cap off?
     
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